Award Interpretation Software

Enjoy compliance confidence and prevent the risk of both underpayments and overpayments with Workstem's industry-leading award interpretation software. Our comprehensive solution delivers:

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Trusted Award Interpretation Software for Modern Awards & EBA Needs.

Simplify award management and stay in compliance by using the best award interpretation software.

Still implementing disconnected systems?

  • Seamless Workflow: Approved timesheets from T&A sync to payroll with an all-in-one system.
  • End-to-End Automation: STP2, super submissions, and payslips generated instantly.
  • Data flows in one system - cut manual work by 80%

Employees working under multiple awards daily?

  • Smart Scheduling: Assign awards to each shift; rates auto-adjust.
  • Multi-Award Compliance: Handle all award complexity and keep compliant in one system.
  • Pay everyone correctly, every time - No more guesswork.

Struggling with awards complexity?

  • Pay Rules Automation: Customise and auto-apply rules logic to ordinary hours, penalties, overtime, and allowances, etc.
  • On-Time Compliance: Always keep updated with Fair Work rate changes.
  • Award Compliance Verification: Periodic check of overtime, penalties, higher duties & TOIL by daily or pay cycles such as weekly or fortnightly.
  • Eliminate spreadsheet chaos - compliance happens automatically.

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Manage Awards Confidently with Award Interpretation

From Onboarding to Payroll: Award Compliance, Automation & Cost Control

Award Compliance From Day One

  • Smart Employee Onboarding
    Assign the correct award rates, classifications, and hourly rates in sync with Fair Work and enjoy automatic updates to 122+ awards & 34 EBA rates and compliance regulations.

  • Well-stored historical records
    Track every change accurately (classification levels, award coverage, pay rates) and store employment and payroll records in compliance with ATO.

Smart Scheduling & Labour Cost Control

  • Intelligently Match Award Rules
    Schedule ordinary hours, RDO, sleepover, and overnight shifts with flexibility while keeping in compliance with relevant awards.

  • Bulk Scheduling Efficiency
    Create shifts in a batch with just a few clicks using shift templates to save time. Perfect for industries with repetitive rosters or seasonal staffing surges.

  • Auto-Adjust for Multiple Award Rates
    Simply assign the relevant award to each shift within the same day, and see how pay rates, penalties, and allowances adjust automatically.

  • Monitor Schedule Costs for Easier Workforce Planning
    Align shift scheduling with workforce and cost to optimise resource allocation, prevent over/understaffing, and make informed decisions instantly.

Accurate Time & Attendance and Award Interpretation

  • Award Compliance with Customised Rules
    Automatically calculate and categorise ordinary hours, overtime, meal breaks, rest breaks, TOIL, and more—ensuring compliance with modern awards or EBAs and enjoy customisation to align with your company policies, stay compliant without compromise.

  • Detect Exceptions Quickly
    Identify late arrivals or early leaves and apply attendance rules automatically to adjust for correct timesheets. See ordinary hours, overtime, Sat & Sun or public holiday penalties and many more at a glance to catch misclassified hours.

  • Verified Timesheet For Seamless Payroll
    Resolve differences by submitting timesheets for approval. Simply recalculate in one click to get accurate details for payroll.

Effortless Payroll to Prevent Underpayment

  • Correct Rates, Every Time
    Reliable & efficient rate adjustment based on rules logic to trigger correct pay rates for overtime, public holidays, and even time zone changes (e.g. daylight savings) before each pay run for peace of mind.

  • Handle Last Minute Changes with Confidence
    Manage complicated scenarios such as broken shifts and sleepover under SCHADS with ease, and process last-minute changes with one click to readjust for accurate pay run without cut-off deadlines.

  • Generate ATO Compliant Payslips
    STP2-compliant breakdowns of each pay component with automated timesheets. Employees see exactly what they’ve earned and what is deducted.

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All modules
are integrated on one platform

Workstem's one-stop payroll system offers a comprehensive range of HR solutions, including rostering, attendance management, leave tracking, expense claims, payroll processing, tax compliance, superannuation, and Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting. By consolidating these functions into a single platform, we streamline HR processing and reduce errors, delays, and duplication of effort.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is award interpretation?

Award interpretation involves calculating the minimum legal amount of pay for hours worked based on the relevant industry award or modern award, which includes assessing base hourly pay rates, overtime pay rates, penalty pay rates, and allowances.

What types of award interpretation software does Workstem provide?

Workstem offers a comprehensive award interpretation software that covers all major industries in Australia, including Hospitality, Retail, Restaurant, etc., and supports pre-built formulas and self-editing capabilities to provide efficient and flexible award management.

How does Workstem integrate its award interpretation software with onboarding, attendance and payroll management?

Workstem seamlessly integrates its award interpretation software with onboarding, attendance, leave and payroll through a powerful AI engine that can automatically calculate employee entitlements based on awards, generate accurate timesheets, and streamlines the payment process.

Can Workstem handle Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBAs)?

Workstem can handle EBAs and other industrial instruments to compliantly calculate employee entitlements and to reflect the terms and conditions of the relevant EBA, simplifying employee entitlements management under the agreement.

What are the benefits of using Workstem’s award interpretation software compared to manual payroll calculation?

Workstem’s award interpretation software adheres to industry award regulations, reduces the risk of errors, automates timesheet and payroll calculations, and offers customised options to reflect enterprise bargaining agreement terms.